There has been a lot of talk recently about veteran singer, Majek Fashek.
For the past several months, people have spoken about his frayed
looks, to his use of drugs, his paranoia for the media and friends
attempting to raise funds for him to go to rehab.
However, here are a couple of things most Nigerians don’t know about
the Nigerian reggae legend whose real name is Majekodunmi Fasheke.
1. The guitarist started his professional music career in a band
called Ja’stix. His band mates included Ras Kimono, Amos McRoy, Gregg,
Sammy Sammama, Geogre Orwells and Black O’Rice.
2. He was once signed to Columbia Records Nigeria, Island Records’ imprint Mango Records and Interscope Records.
3. His award-winning
song ‘Send down the rain’ is one of his most popular tracks. The song
gained him foreign attention in the 90s.
4. His debut solo album ‘Prisoner of conscience’ (1988) sold over 200,000 copies in Nigeria.
Songs from this album made it to the Jamaican Top 10 chart in the 80s/90s.
5. Majek was one of the first Nigerians to perform on the David
Letterman Show. In 1992, he and the Prisoner of Conscience band
performed ‘So long’ on the late night show.
6. In 2007, there were reports that Charles Novia was making a film about the singer.
7. Majek’s vocals closely resemble that of Bob Marley. On his
‘Prisoner of conscience’ album, he covers Bob Marley’s ‘Redemption
song’.
8. Fashek plans on releasing a new album this year. From the 80s till date, he has released four studio albums.
9. On 5 December, 1990, Jon Pareles of the New York Times wrote in a review about the entertainer: “
From
an American perspective, he is a charismatic, accomplished performer
with a gift for catchy riffs and a promising hybrid style”.
The success story of the musician who once toured the world has since changed.
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